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Steel and Wool
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Steel and Wool
by Kim Beggs Key A (G capo 2)
INTRO: 1 6m 5 6m
1 6m
5 6m
1 6m
5 6m
5 56m
5 56m
5 56m
5 56m
Hanging out in the deep south
Getting by hand to mouth
Got more soul than a buffalo
Got more spirit than a scarecrow
Making music outta steel and wool
A little push, a little pull
Steam whistle and a wild card
Leg wrestle and a pound of lard
1 6m 5 6m
I made it home to the far north
Not so easy to back and forth
Got more soul than a grizzly bear
Got more spirit than a nightmare
Making music outta steel and wool
A little push, a little pull
Steam whistle and a wild card
Leg wrestle and a pound of lard
Break
1 6m
5 6m
1 6m
5 6m
Taking time, taking hands
Getting by in a wasteland
Broken souls, broken heart
Broken spirit is the benchmark
Making music outta steel and wool
A little push, a little pull
Steam whistle and a wild card
Leg wrestle and a pound of lard
Making music outta steel and wool
A little push, a little pull
Steam whistle and a wild card
Leg wrestle and a pound of lard
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Not a Man of God
03:49
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Not a Man of God
By Kim Beggs Key of C
Intro:
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Grandma was only ten and three
An orphan lost in the woods for a week
She was saved by the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
Soon her womb did start to show
Through a dress she made on her own
That seed was sewn the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
It’s been a long time
Dark road and lullaby
Diggin’ up the hard times
So tears one day can cry
Daddy came to believe his father was dead
He wept with everything left unsaid
Wept in confession with the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
At thirty and three, Grandma did talk
All about the broken grandfather clock
Daddy is the son of the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
It’s been a long time
Dark road and lullaby
Diggin’ up the hard times
So tears one day can cry
Grandma couldn’t quit drinking the turpentine
So Daddy stood tall and dark in the pines
He broke the spine of the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
Now Daddy is drinking the prison water
Kicking up dirt with killers and robbers
But down in the hole is the preacher
Who’s not a man, and not a man of god
It’s been a long time
Dark road and lullaby
Diggin’ up the hard times
So tears one day can cry
Mama told me so E7…..| Am
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Down By the RIver
02:27
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Down By The River Where People Gather
By Kim Beggs Key C (capo 5 G shape)
1 4/1
1 4/1
4 5
4 5
1 5/4 1
5 4
5 4
4 4 1 (1)
Feel like I’m walking in a battlefield
In a dark and frigid winter’s deal
The weather here is hot and cold
Ripples through like a secret sold
Down by the river where people gather
Telling each other how it was
Telling one another how it is
Oh baby, it’s not about the shape I’m in
Somebody carries an old guitar
Broken string, it doesn’t matter
Cause all that matters is we belong
Play that old song, we can sing along
Down by the river where people gather
Telling each other how it was
Telling one another how it is
Oh baby, it’s not about the shape I’m in
1 5/4 1
5 4
5 4
4 4 1 1
Harmony splashing off a washboard
Dark stars shine out of discord
Not burning out in the shadows
Standing up and standing out
Down by the river where people gather
Telling each other how it was
Telling one another how it is
Oh baby, it’s not about the shape I’m in
Oh baby, it’s not about the shape I’m in
Oh baby 4 1 1
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I Wanna Be a Flower
02:40
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I Wanna Be A Flower
By Kim Beggs and Sharon Anderson Key G
Intro: 1 1 14 1
1 1 14 1
4 4 4 1
4 4 4 3m
4 1 15 1
5 5 5 5
4 1 5 1
5 5 5 5
4 1 5 1 1 (1 1)
Waltzing down the dirt road that broke our younger hearts
Sun is shining bright today, it’s a brand new deck of cards
I wanna be with you, way before the gravestone
Dance with me from time to time and I’ll sink into your bones
You got asphalt power I’m just trying to get through
I wanna be a flower and give myself to you
You got asphalt power when you’re feeling blue
I wanna be a flower and give myself to you
When love is a rock in a hard place, I’m gonna whistle a tune
Send it skipping across the pond just to be with you
We been thru the wringer, squeezing out the aching
Wake up in the morning darling, cook me eggs and bacon
You got asphalt power I’m just trying to get through
I wanna be a flower and give myself to you
You got asphalt power when you’re feeling blue
I wanna be a flower and give myself to you
5 5 5 5
4 1 5 1
5 5 5 5
4 1 5 1 1
Your life has been brutal, but you get me when I’m stuck
Man you can be so funny, cracking my heart up
Busting through the blacktop, a tiny little blossom
Yearning for the sunshine, bursting through to got some
You got asphalt power I’m just trying to get through
I wanna be a flower and give myself to you
You got asphalt power when you’re feeling blue
I wanna be a flower and give myself to you
I wanna be a flower and give myself to you (4 1 5 5 1 1)
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When She Divides the Town
By Kim Beggs and Eryn Foster Key Eb 4/4 (capo 3 C shape)
Intro: 6m 6m 4 4 5 5 4 4
CHORUS
6m 6m 1 1
2m 4 6m 4 5 5
VERSE
6m 6m 4 4
5 5 4 4
6m 6m 4 4
5 5 4 4
In winter she freezes up, in spring she breaks apart
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?
Twice a year for a month or more, you were stuck on the wilder side
You loaded up supplies from the town side, then said good bye
If you stayed at home, did you lose your job? If you worked in town, could you keep your love?
On a river, anything goes they say
In winter she freezes up, in spring she breaks apart
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?
When I first moved in to the little cabin, on a good tip
All the lonely fellas came calling with gifts of courtship
He brought morel mushrooms when he came knockin’
A feral man, he made me wild, then I moved in with him
In winter she freezes up, in spring she breaks apart
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?
In November and April windows, I had to work in town on a crew
Over the river our hugs and kisses blew
Until the ice was thick or the ice was gone, and it was safe to cross
Absence makes the heart grow fonder sometimes
In winter she freezes up, in spring she breaks apart
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?
But the second winter all those days had come and gone without kisses
Deep inside my bones was a heartsick missus
I was the first to cross, way too soon, knives in my pockets in case I went through
I walked across thin ice for him
I got home safe but he did not greet me with a lover’s torch
He moved me right out of his heart, out the back porch
While I was working and pining, he went knockin’
Another Morel mushroom courtship of another sweet heart in the little cabin
In winter she freezes up, in spring she breaks apart
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?
Which side of the river are you gonna be on, when she divides the town?
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Whiskeytown
02:41
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Whiskeytown
By Kim Beggs Key B (capo 2, A shape ) 3/4
Intro: 1 5 4 1 | 5 4 1 1
1 5 4 1
5 4 1 1
1 5 4 1
5 4 1 1
4 1 5 1
4 1 5 1
4 1 5 1
4 1 5 1
I’m sinking at the bar, feeling sorry for my heart
I’m smokin’ and lonesome again
I feel your love and hurt when I wear your dirty shirt
Not too sunny in places where it ends
You took a job in Dawson City, just to keep from going down
Cause I been going round and around the whiskey town
You saw the light and cut the willow, gave away our wedding gown
Cause I been going round and around the whiskey town
Solo – chorus
Not picking my guitar, I’m haunted by my scars
Got no horses or the force to bring me home
Can’t expect that you should follow down into my darkest hollow
Not too sunny in places where I roam
You took a job in Dawson City, just to keep from going down
Cause I been going round and around the whiskey town
You saw the light and cut the willow, gave away our wedding gown
Cause I been going round and around the whiskey town
Sweet Baby I’m around and around the whiskey town
Baby I’m around and around the whiskey town
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Whiskeytown
By Kim Beggs Key B (capo 2, A shape ) 3/4
Intro: 1 5 4 1 | 5 4 1 1
1 5 4 1
5 4 1 1
1 5 4 1
5 4 1 1
4 1 5 1
4 1 5 1
4 1 5 1
4 1 5 1
I’m sinking at the bar, feeling sorry for my heart
I’m smokin’ and lonesome again
I feel your love and hurt when I wear your dirty shirt
Not too sunny in places where it ends
You took a job in Dawson City, just to keep from going down
Cause I been going round and around the whiskey town
You saw the light and cut the willow, gave away our wedding gown
Cause I been going round and around the whiskey town
Solo – chorus
Not picking my guitar, I’m haunted by my scars
Got no horses or the force to bring me home
Can’t expect that you should follow down into my darkest hollow
Not too sunny in places where I roam
You took a job in Dawson City, just to keep from going down
Cause I been going round and around the whiskey town
You saw the light and cut the willow, gave away our wedding gown
Cause I been going round and around the whiskey town
Sweet Baby I’m around and around the whiskey town
Baby I’m around and around the whiskey town
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Kim Beggs Yukon
11 time music award nominee and ne’er a winner!
With 2018 Independent Music Award
2018; 2018 Western Canadian Music Award plus 6 more; & 3 Canadian Folk Music Awards
"Ranked #1 on my [2014 & 2011] Polaris Music Prize ballot is Kim Beggs... Focused. Universal. Canadian." says
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